A Clermont student was arrested Thursday on a felony battery charge after allegedly picking up and throwing a classmate.

According to Clermont police, the victim threw a shirt in the student's face while he was running on the physical education field at Imagine South Lake Charter School around noon.

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Police said the student then picked up the classmate, and threw him to the ground on his head and shoulder, knocking him unconscious. The victim started to have a seizure following the incident and was taken to the Arnold Palmer Hospital.

The student told police he had been bullied in the past because he is a male cheerleader.